"Hah!!"
Zun stood in front of the young girl without a second thought when the fire truck went out of control. He reached out his right hand and with a loud crash, the fire truck stopped instantly.
"… Haa … Haa …"
At this moment, the girl finally calmed down. She lifted her head slowly and saw Yun standing there. Then, she turned around slowly. A horrifying, bloodstained face turned 180 degrees and stared at her.
"Ya ya ya ya ya —!!!"
At this moment, accompanied by a scream, the young girl suddenly fell to the ground.
"Phew …"
Only then did he heave a sigh of relief. He shook his hand and twisted his neck again. Then she walked up to Yōko Inaba and stared at her.
"Is the sound the same as the one you heard before?"
"Eh? Ah … this …. "
Inaba Gongko was a little confused by Dusk's question, but she still nodded.
"Yes, should be … about right?"
"Then there should be no problem."
Hearing until here, Sasuke nodded, stood up, and looked around. At this moment, the others also stood up in shock. Akino's expression was solemn. He came to his side and said in a low voice.
"I don't sense any evil spirits."
"Me neither. Good lord, I didn't expect this thing to be the reincarnation of a bald killer."
Hearing Narusuke Shino's words, Si gritted his teeth. If that evil spirit appeared at the scene, then both Narusuke Shino and himself would definitely be able to sense it immediately. However, from the beginning to the end of the disaster, she did not feel any spiritual power or demonic aura. It seemed that the whole incident was just an accident. If she did not block the fire truck just now, the girl would have been accidentally killed.
As for the final scene, it was the illusion that Grizzly let the undead in Frostmourne show the girl. After all, according to Inaba Yagako, they heard the girl's screams after that. Since it was exactly the same, then let it be exactly the same. Anyway, that was the characteristic of a death call, wasn't it?
Of course, Dusk was only taking a gamble to see if he could fool that damn thing. After all, he did not sense the presence of a ghost at the scene, which meant that the evil spirit was obviously not there. It was very likely that it was being manipulated from afar. In this case, if it was certain that its killing method was successful just because it heard the same feedback, there was still a possibility of deceiving the other party ….
"Ding …"
However, right at this moment, a strange ringtone suddenly rang.
"…"
Hearing the ringtone, no one said a word. Instead, they slowly shifted their gazes towards the direction where the ringtone came from. All they saw was the young girl still sitting on the same spot. Her face was pale and her lips were ashen. The phone in her hand was giving off a strange ringtone.
Hey, are you done yet?
Yu walked over and took the phone from the man's hand. He turned it on, and sure enough, the number of the phone was displayed. At the same time, the phone stopped ringing, and an image appeared on the screen.
[You have a new message]
"…"
Good heavens, Japanese ghosts really keep up with the times. They even know how to use voice mail!
Seeing this, Dusk's face darkened. She finally understood why she could not sense the vengeful spirit's presence on the phone. It turned out that this damn ghost was just like a hacker. It knew how to use a relay server to protect itself!
It was just like a hacker who hacked into someone else's computer. Before that, they would usually use multiple relay servers to cover their tracks. This way, even if they discovered they had been hacked, they would still have enough time to hide their tracks. The same was true for this ghost. In fact, it did not even connect directly to the other party's phone. Instead, it used this method to connect to the host server first, then the server would relay the message to the other party's number. This way, no matter how strange the message was, it would just be an ordinary phone call. No one would be able to detect any vengeful spirit or curse.
What the f * ck, it's a spirit!
Dusk was so angry that she almost cursed.
Look at how simple the vengeful spirits of ancient times were. They would kill and scare people with their own hands, unlike you wandering ghosts who kill people stealthily like thieves …. Sigh, the city is really full of tricks. I'd better go back to Universal God Village. No matter how disgusting the vengeful spirits there are, they're still better than this thing ….
As Dusk complained in her heart, she answered the voicemail. As expected, it was another three days later. The other party's voice and scream could be heard again …. Well, it seemed that this death call could not be fooled by mere acting. The other party would not stop until she was dead.
Although she escaped death this time, the girl was completely terrified. She did not take the death call seriously at first, but she did say the same words she heard on the phone just now. After that, she was almost killed by a fire truck that went out of control. This made the girl uneasy. Dusk left the job of comforting the girl to Narusuke Sugino and his two students, while she called Crimson Hidaka and the others again to confirm the situation. This kind of life where one was not afraid of being stolen by a thief, but afraid of being remembered by a thief was not for humans. Instead of that, it was better to find the thief's lair and wipe them all out!
However, Crimson Hidaka's answer left Dusk completely speechless.
"The trail is broken?"
"Y-yes, Sister Dusk."
Crimson Hidaka broke out in cold sweat on the other side of the phone.
"Miss Feng Shi and I can't continue the investigation. The owner of this phone is missing. We can't find her or her family …."
"There should be a call record in the server's mainframe, right? Are there any calls to her?"
"We've screened all of them. Only one is suspicious, but …."
"But?"
"That's a landline number …."
Well, Dusk understood why Crimson could not continue the investigation.
If it was a self-made phone, even if the owner was missing and the phone could not be found, she could still retrieve information from the company's server. But landlines were not within Dusk's jurisdiction. Retrieving the communication records of the landline was obviously not something Crimson Hidaka could do.
"Give me the number. I'll ask the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate."
Fortunately, Dusk did not get the title of consultant for nothing.
After getting the number from Crimson Hidaka, Dusk immediately called the Metropolitan Police Department to inform them of the investigation. Fortunately, it was not difficult to investigate the matter. Dusk soon got the owner and family information of the landline number from the Metropolitan Police Department. The owner of the landline number was Mizunuma Masachie. She had two daughters, the eldest daughter, Mizunuma Mimiko and the second daughter, Mizunuma Masachie. According to the records of the Metropolitan Police Department, Mizunuma Masachie was currently missing. The eldest daughter died of illness eight months ago, and the second daughter, Mizunuma Masachie, was currently in foster care.
"Huh? I remember the owner of that phone number is also …. "
After reading the relevant information sent by the Metropolitan Police Department, Dusk's expression changed. He took the information Crimson Hidaka sent him. Sure enough, the owner of the last phone number was also Mizunuma Masachie.
So, Mizunuma Masachie was dead? The death call she received was from her home?
In other words, this death call was related to Mizunuma Masachie?
Thinking of this, Dusk quickly collected the information, found Narusuke Hirano, and explained the cause and effect of the matter to him.
"So, are we going to investigate Mizunuma Masachie?"
"That's right. Time is of the essence, so let's split up."
Dusk nodded.
"Go to the foster care home and look for Mizunuma Masachie. As an elementary school teacher, you should be good at that, right? Ask about her family situation. I'll go to Mizunuma Masachie's home and the hospital to investigate. If anything happens … "
As he spoke, Dusk took out a mobile phone and handed it to Dusk.
"Use this to contact me."
"Oh, okay … Okay …"
"Here's the address of Mizunuma Masachie's foster care home. Let me know if anything happens."
Dusk was furious. While there was a saying that one's shoes would always get wet when walking by the river, she was the clone of the great God of Games, Goddess of Magical Girls, God of Lust, Dragon of Time, Master of the Tendo Temple, Legendary Mage, Holy Knight, CEO of Starlight Technology, Commander of the Mind Model Fleet, Overlord of the Insectoids …. How could she be defeated by a little vengeful spirit of this world?
Did she not care about her reputation?!
Even Red Ponytail and Ellie had never been so humiliated before.
"I understand. I'll look into it right away."
Although Dusk didn't know why Dusk's expression was so ugly, as a spiritual ability user, Narusuke Watano naturally wouldn't sit idly by, so he nodded firmly. He took the address and glanced at the note.
"… Eh? A neighboring city? Excuse me, can you lend me five hundred yen for the train? "
"…"
Dusk had forgotten that she was a poor person who couldn't even pick up a hundred yen coin at the end of the month.
Facing Narusuke Watano's somewhat embarrassed request, she sighed helplessly, then took out ten banknotes from her pocket and handed them to Yukichi Fukuzawa.
"Here's a hundred thousand. That's enough. Remember, we're in a hurry. Don't try to save money."
"A — a hundred thousand?!"
Narusuke Watano's eyes widened as he looked at the banknotes handed to him. By the heavens, he didn't even have a hundred thousand yen in his savings account!!
"No, there's no need for that. I only need one banknote …"
"I said I'll give it to you, so take it."
Dusk didn't have time to play Japanese-style games with Narusuke Watano. She stuffed the hundred thousand yen in her hand into Narusuke Watano's hand and turned to leave.
"I'm busy with the investigation too. Remember, call me immediately if anything happens!"
Narusuke Watano looked at Dusk who turned to leave, then looked at the hundred thousand yen in his hand. He stood there like a statue, motionless.
What was he going to do with so much money!!
(End of Chapter)
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